Example sentences of "man [Wh pn] once [verb] " in BNC.

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1 The man who once estimated his wealth at £3 billion plus says , ‘ I find peace looking at them .
2 Now the man who once had to supplement a lean living as an artist with part-time work is being paid to draw life on and around the River Tees .
3 Asked where he 's been since he and Stephen Luscombe went their separate ways , the man who once lived on the ceiling claims : ‘ Apart from trying to find the best dog in the world , I 've worked on film scores , including one for an animated film , several pieces for Channel 4 documentaries as well as the incidental music for a Radio 4 play .
4 Jahangir 's defeat will increase speculation that the man who once went more than 500 matches unbeaten , may sometime next year retire .
5 The couple 's apparent reconciliation will have done little to lessen Princess Diana 's anger at the knowledge that the man who once told her he loved her has fallen for a beautiful woman , 10 years younger than herself .
6 ‘ I 'm the man who once made love to your mother and made you . ’
7 Few , however , could have imagined that the man who once served as chairman of Clitheroe Young Conservatives would be asked to don the cocked hat and plumes of Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Bermuda .
8 BOURNEMOUTH Russ Abbot Silly wigs , voices and costumes from the man who once rocked the charts with ‘ Oh What An Atmosphere ’ .
9 Was this really the man who once loved her ?
10 A man who once talked to a selection committee about the battle of Waterloo , he likes his unexpected allusions and so hits us with Lobenegula ( King of the Matabele , was it ? )
11 Barley is exceedingly delicate in his treatment of the great Bung Karno , the man who once stated , to wild applause from an audience of Indonesian economists , that ‘ Inflation can be good — as long as it is inflation for the Indonesian revolution ’ .
12 This is not what I want to hear from the man who once shook me to the core with a string of incendiary albums .
13 Serafin , too , is thinking about Annexe B. He knows , just as well as Summerchild does , that these are big men who once rowed for their colleges .
14 Between these two comes secondary impotence which occurs when men who once had satisfactory erections find that they no longer can .
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